THE CONTROLLED REMOTE VIEWING MANUAL ORIGINAL DATED MAY 1, 1986 POSTED PUBLICLY JULY 5, 1998 USED AS A REFERENCE MANUAL FOR CRV TRAINING USED AS A MANUAL FOR TRV TRAINING AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT CONTENTS OF THIS SECTION OF THE FIREDOCS WEB SITE: Notes from PJ Gaenir on the posting of the CRV manual. The copyright/credit page which is part of the original manual. An introduction to the CRV Manual by Paul H. Smith [Major, ret.]. Notes from Ingo Swann regarding the copyright et al. (START HERE TO READ IT ALL) THE CRV MANUAL Title Page Table of Contents Introduction Theory Structure Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV Stage V Stage VI Glossary Ending Notes from PJ NEXT PAGE ABOUT THE CRV MANUAL Notes from PJ about the CRV Manual posted at the Firedocs web site. Where I got this manual The legitimacy of this manual The accuracy of this version of the manual The current state of or use of this manual Changes in or notes about the online version of this manual The six good reasons why I decided to post this manual My own view on the manual Copyright issues The Coordinate Remote Viewing Manual Before anything else, I want to say: This manual does not, and cannot, replace personal instruction in the psychic methodology of Controlled Remote Viewing. There is context and unique-to-you situations that could never be addressed in any mass-marketed form. Those interested in obtaining CRV training from a legitimate instructor (former members of the US Gov't RV project who were Viewers and instructors in that project) may contact Paul H. Smith at RVIS (Texas USA), or Lyn Buchanan at P>S>I (New Mexico USA) for more information. Where I got this manual: I have six copies of this document on my desk. One has a simple typed cover and a copyright page. One has a "Psi-Tech" cover and a copyright page. Another two have Psi-Tech covers and no copyright page. And the other three have a large "CRV" cover with no copyright page. [Later note: OK, that's seven. Whoops!] These were sent me by an assortment of people; another dozen people offered me copies, which I didn't need. I have refused to name my sources of the manual, mostly because I feel it is irrelevent, and also because it would only be used as leverage for those who don't believe it should be public to hassle those who provided it. The original version from the military unit is the simple typed cover with the copyright page included. Whether there were previous or alternate versions within that unit, I don't know. The legitimacy of this manual: I am certain this is the manual written in and used in the former Army intelligence unit which utilized remote viewing. Individuals from the unit familiar with it have confirmed this either by comparing contents (page numbers/topics) with their own versions, or by glancing at it and telling me it was indeed the same document. Its accuracy concerning CRV, concerning Swann's own interpretation of CRV, its usefulness as a training document, and other issues are beyond my knowledge or comment. The accuracy of this version of the manual: I typed this manual in from scratch, despite that a few people had scanned copies. I wanted to be sure I learned everything in it that I might not already be aware of, and I better remember what I type. It is possible there may be typos in here somewhere. Spelling, word and hyphenation choices, were not of my doing; I copied this as faithfully as I could, and went to great effort even to format it as exactly matching the original as possible. If you find errors, please send me email and tell me so I can fix them. See also 'Changes in or notes about the online version of this manual,' below. The current state of or use of this manual: Paul Smith (Remote Viewing Instructional Services, Inc. [RVIS]) uses this document as a reference manual; his training manual is a gradually built notebook made up of the student's notes, essays and sessions (which is to say, RVIS doesn't really have its own training manual). Ed Dames (Psi-Tech Corp.) has been using this document as a training manual for CRV since 1989 and for his "TRV" since the term first appeared in mid-1996. Caveat: I am aware that Mr. Dames now teaches "TRV," not CRV. TRV being, in his own words, "Not CRV" and "unlike anything else," is said to have "existed for 13 years" and "begins where CRV left off" and many other comments to that effect. TRV is Mr. Dames's much-publicized "invention." It has been very publicly claimed to be unique and superior to CRV, and even a great deal of insult has been heaped on instructors and students of CRV as having "inferior" methods. So, I realize that inferring Mr. Dames is really teaching CRV might cause some offense. I cannot explain the circumstance, nor can I explain why TRV as publicly released via videotape is very close to exactly like CRV, excepting some simplifications apparently added to facilitate teaching via video. This is really not my affair. I can only tell you that this CRV manual has been used as a basis of "TRV" instruction until the present time. Lyn Buchanan (Problems>Solutions>Innovations [P>S>I]) has developed his own CRV manual based on these methods and doesn't use this particular manual in his training, though he may use it for reference on occasion. I don't know of any other instructors who use this. However, since all Psi-Tech students for some time have gotten a copy of it, as well as various members of the public some years ago, it is entirely possible that many "new schools of RV" are using it to one degree or another. Changes in or notes about the online version of this manual: (1) I included the page numbers in the table of contents, but they do not apply in this HTML version. (2) There is a glossary at the end of this document. The glossary contains a summary of the word definitions provided in each of the sections of the manual. For some reason not every word definition in the manual was included in the glossary. For ease of reference, I included EVERY word definition, as provided in the manual, as part of the glossary. So, that section is a bit more extensive than the original. The six good reasons why I decided to post this manual: 1. The claims by others to have invented something which, in fact, Ingo Swann invented. Not only did he not get credit for what is rightfully his, but his own methods were taken and renamed, with some loss of quality, and then sold to an unsuspecting public. Even history was revised to make this possible. This struck me as quite unfair, both to Mr. Swann and to those interested in Remote Viewing. I thought if the original manual were available, it would be immediately obvious that certain people claiming to have invented these methods are, in fact, not telling the truth. 2. The claims by others to be using and/or teaching the CRV methods -- or a newly named derivation of them -- when in fact the later methods presented range from "not doing justice to the original" to "deeply offensive to the original form." Most seriously overcharged the general public, who really had no way of knowing the quality (or lack thereof) of what they were learning. I thought if the original manual were available, it would be immediately obvious just what has been changed, and how, and then students working on any method of RV can decide if those changes helped, harmed, or didn't matter. 3. The strongest of all of my reasons is the continuing and truly frightening cultism associated with the remote viewing field. The nature of the methods being a secret has been the primary sponsor and excuse for this to continue. The "doctrinization" of the methods has created a belief system about them being a rigid end-to-themselves. Groups and schools have, for an inordinate amount of money usually, recruited members of the public impressed by the military history of CRV, and put them in an environment which amounts to little more than cult indoctrination and has nothing whatsoever to do with any aspect of CRV which inspired the public's potential respect. I have spent quite a bit of personal time via email, telephone and in person, counseling individuals who had personal problems as a result of these various cults or simply bad training -- some from the paranoid nature of the groups, some from psyche problems caused during a creative form of 'training' better seen as hypnotic induction to bizarre belief systems, and some simply dealing with issues that badly affected their RV abilities by putting their psychology in various cognitive dissonance situations. It is more than unfair, and more than just unethical; it ought to be illegal. The only way I have to combat this dangerous seduction of the public in the name of RV is to make the supposed secrets available to the public, who should no longer have to risk their money or their sanity simply to find out what RV methods really are. 4. To allow certain facets of remote viewing history, development and methodology understanding to become more clear, not only to RV students but to the general public. Persons familiar with the developments in scientific parapsychology, for instance, will recognize that a good deal of the CRV methodology is based on the work of French researcher Rene Warcollier from the mid-1900's; it was certainly not "invented" in the 1980's. (The CRV methods are better referred to as "compiled.") Some may also recognize that many of CRV's most valuable components, such as the communication issues, are also fairly well known to parapsychologists and well educated psychics worldwide; again, most of these things were not invented in the 1980's. Ingo Swann, being insightful and accomplished in this field, recognized the value of many different sources and combined them in his methods; this combination of sources is one of the strengths of his methods. Not everybody is aware of this though, and others who deserve credit are often overlooked in the assumption that Swann invented it all. There are two main results of this understanding: the first being to un-guru-ize Mr. Swann, who is a brilliant and dedicated psychic, author and researcher who never asked to be made into a stone icon by the world at large for this; there are a long list of reasons to respect him without projecting things he is not responsible for upon him. Also, hopefully, to un-guru-ize other persons who may be teaching these methods, which should help with reason #3 above. The second result is the realization that, since many of the most useful aspects of CRV are known to others and have in fact been known for longer periods than CRV itself has existed, then these methods, albeit very useful, cannot claim sole expertise or sole competence when it comes to successful psi work. The supposed superiority of anybody trained in RV methods, vs. "natural psychics," is a marketing and ego myth and nothing more. 5. I feel that remote viewing--particularly what it can be used for, with what success, and the value of methods training--has been grossly misrepresented in the media. Remote Viewing itself has very pronounced limitations. To the public who knows nothing of the "technology," it sounds cosmic, and one is forced to pay large sums of money to learn the secret methods just to figure out what is actually involved -- almost invariably with no evidence whatsoever of the value of the methods prior to paying for them. (In fact, the main advertisements for RV are the notable accomplishment of a current remote viewer [Joseph W. McMoneagle] who does not even USE these methods.) I think after reading this manual people will realize that CRV / TRV / all the other RVs are, first and foremost, just somebody's way of going about being psychic. No method has even half the inferred accuracy, sureness, or cosmic clarity that various RV methods have been advertised as having. I happen to have respect for CRV, but I realize it is just one path of many. As a side note, this manual will also make clear the humorous ostentatiousness of the presentation of these methods: "facilitate a movement exercise" means, in effect, someone told you to look some distance to the left. "Iterate the coordinates and acquire the signal line while remaining in structure" translates to something like, 'monitor says the target #, viewer tunes in and writes down his impressions on the right side of the paper.' It really is comical once you understand CRV, to hear certain individuals in the media talking about RV methodologies, making them sound so incredibly complicated and high-tech; it is a sales pitch, used to obscure, not clarify. Personally I think remote viewing can only benefit from taking this sort of mystery out of the methods. 6. The last--but a very small--reason I'm putting this manual online has to do with my own personal involvement with CRV methodologies and remote viewing. I have invested a good 60+ hours per week into RV-related work for nearly three years, mostly email communication with the public, most to support CRV and support its instructors. I have maintained the privacy of the methods, giving only "tips and tidbits." I have avoided training others because I made the commitment not to. Over the course of these years I have directed well over $100,000 in training monies to CRV instructors, directly or indirectly via my online enterprises of various kinds, as well as providing them support in other ways. In return for this, I have been offered and paid the commission of zero. At this point, I feel I have more than "paid my dues." So, guilt at taking potential students away from qualified CRV instructors isn't bothering me. I believe serious students will recognize the need for personal training. Everybody else, or those without the funds, probably wouldn't have bought it anyway. As a second part to the personal section, I feel I have spent nearly three years "defending" remote viewing from charlatans, cynics, and dis/mis-information both organized and chaotic. As I am 'retiring' I am not going to be around to defend RV anymore; to provide an alternative to some of the bizarre media hype, to provide references to real viewers and scientists, etc.; so in a small way, this manual is my effort to help stop the BS that is choking the remote viewing field once and for all. Hopefully it can accomplish what I could not: getting down to earth facts to the public, without money, without cults, without nonsense. Considering the first five reasons above, I no longer feel a sense of moral reluctance to publish the CRV manual. For the good of the world, the public, and remote viewing itself, these methods need to be put into the public domain. (I will not, however, publish the other manuals or items used by CRV instructors without their express permission.) Since I am retiring from "online RV" at this time (4 July 1998) to free up time to pursue my own RV work, I felt posting this manual would be the one last gift I could provide to the public. It may not help in the sense of methods training, but it ought to help in the sense of dealing with the five reasons listed above, and they are very good reasons for making it available. It's long overdue. My own view on the manual: Though I support CRV, I do not necessarily agree with all aspects of CRV, particularly the manner some are presented in this manual (this most clear in the issues related to monitoring). In my view, there is a certain lack of context, and a perspective that demonstrates its writing by a student rather than an experienced instructor. The manual may accurately represent what the authors were taught, but I am not sure it is the same thing that the instructor would have written, and over time my own perspective on "the approach" within the methods has shifted. I have learned various degrees of various people's versions of various RV methodologies, and like everybody who has given psi any real thought, have come to my own conclusions. What works for me is what I use, and CRV is a part of that, but certainly not the sole or final answer. I initially had put footnotes in this manual, to help clarify things. But eventually I realized that in some cases I simply had to disagree with some statement, or something else that in some way seemed to detract from it. Then I decided, if I have something to say, I have my own forums for doing so; there is no reason to invade the sanctity of a historical document with my opinions. And if the manual, sans the footnotes, is totally opaque to most non-methods people and leaves them more confused than when they began -- well, that's just the way it goes. Take it up with the guy who wrote it! Copyright issues: The copyright of this document is attributed to Ingo Swann. Ingo however denies any credit for, participation in, or responsibility toward the document or its copyright. I called him and asked if I could post it. He said it wasn't his and he didn't care. It was written by Paul H. Smith. Paul however wrote it as a work for hire while employed by the DOD/DIA. The DIA did not classify the document, which in legal terms puts it in the public domain (the gov't cannot copyright, they can only classify; unclassified materials are public record; nobody else can then claim ownership of what began a gov't document). SRI-I might lay claim to it, as they funded Swann to develop the proprietary methods in it. But at this point, copies of the document have been disseminated publicly since 1989, which not only would invalidate any SRI/DIA copyright claim (since they have never prosecuted for copyright thus far), but in that case, they'd have to start with the main distributor, which would be Psi-Tech Corp. According to Smith, since the document was a DIA document but not classified, it has been public record (despite that the public hasn't before had open access to it) since it was written. It was written and dated 1986. So, as far as I'm concerned, it is mine to publish if I please. I realize that this copy will immediately be stolen off the WWW by others, stripped of all relevent notes, and published elsewhere. That is unfortunate, but there is nothing I can do about that. I considered putting it in a locked .pdf file, but felt that might limit public access to it. I have always made a point to make my projects available to the public without charge and as accessible as possible... I didn't want this to be an exception. For those of you making links to the document, please be kind enough to your visitors to link to the version on my Firedocs site, which is the most 'official' copy possible at this point. Or, at least have the courtesy to include Mr. Swann's own notes with your copy. Thanks. Palyne "PJ" Gaenir fire@zmatrix.com Firedocs Remote Viewing Collection http://www.firedocs.com/remoteviewing/ NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING . PROPRIETARY INFORMATION . COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING . as a comprehensive explanation of the theory and The following document has been prepared to serve mechanics of coordinate remote viewing (CRV) as developed by SRI-Internatinoal, Menlo Park, California. It is intended for individuals who have no in-depth understanding of psychoenergetic technology and as a guide for future training programs. Particular attention should be paid to the glossary at the end of the document and to the terms as defined in the text, as they are the only acceptable definitions to be used when addressing the methodology presented. It is suggested that the document be read several times to enhance understanding. . NOTE: INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS GOVERNED BY CORPORATE LAWS OF PROPRIETY. INGO SWANN, AN SRI-INTERNATIONAL SUBCONTRACTOR, RETAINS EXCLUSIVE OWNERSHIP OF THIS INFORMATION. BEING PROPRIETARY, INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR DISSEMINATED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF INGO SWANN. . PROPRIETARY INFORMATION . NEXT PAGE ABOUT THE CRV MANUAL I asked Ingo Swann for copyright permission to post this document. -- PJ The Coordinate Remote Viewing Manual To which Ingo replied: I did not write it. PJ: But the copyright is credited to you. I can't help that. PJ: Paul Smith says he's the main author, but the methods are yours. I have seen it, I don't remember exactly what's in it. It's been re-edited a few times by various people to suit their needs. I believe it was a group-written document... [it wasn't written by just one person]. PJ: I don't have any way to know if the info in the manual is accurate....? {pause...} I wasn't asked to participate in [the writing of] it. I found out it existed sometime after. PJ: Your methods have become a very big deal, high priced, even cults have grown up around them or versions of them. Just because I once played a role in the research, does not mean this role can be extended to cover everything that has happened in the field since then. PJ: I could take the copyright cover off if you think it's misleading. If you do that people will say you're editing it. PJ: You don't mind if I put it on the web? I don't care. You can say -- please say this first, then I don't care what is said after that -- I did not write it. I have never, ever written a document like that. PJ: OK. That's what Ingo said about it, in a phone call Sunday, 24 May 1998, 4:15pm Eastern Time. I sent this to him and told him if I'd misheard or misunderstood anything to let me know and I'd change it. That was over a week ago and I haven't heard from him, so I'm assuming it's fine. -- PJ 04 July 98 NEXT PAGE ABOUT THE CRV MANUAL I asked Paul H. Smith, the main author, to write an introduction for this document. -- PJ The Coordinate Remote Viewing Manual Introduction by Paul H. Smith [Major, ret.] For a number of what I consider to be very good reasons, I strenuously resisted making the DIA CRV manual public. Since some of my former colleagues had fewer reservations about its dissemination, it now appears inevitable that the manual will become widely available, beginning with its posting here on this webpage. The best I can do now, it would seem, is to at least provide its context so people will better know how to take it. In 1983-1984, six personnel from the military remote viewing unit at Ft. Meade participated in training contracted from SRI-International. This was the recently-developed coordinate remote viewing training, and the primary developer and trainer was the legendary Ingo Swann. One of the first trainees, Rob Cowart, was diagnosed with cancer, and was medically retired from active duty, terminating his training after only a few months. (Sadly Rob, who had been in remission for many years, died a year or so ago from the disease.) The second, Tom "Nance" (his pseudonym in Jim Schnabel's book, Remote Viewers) completed all training through Stage VI as the proof-of-principle "guinea pig." His results were not just impressive. Some could even be considered spectacular. Beginning in January of 1984, the remaining four of us began training with Ingo in California and New York. This contract lasted for a full year. Ed Dames, "Liam," Charlene, and myself continued through until December (though Ed dropped out just before completion due to the birth of a son). We completed through Stage III training with Ingo. Towards the end of 1984 our patron and commander, Major General Burt Stubblebine was forced to retire and the RV program was threatened with termination. Consequently, no further contracts were let for training. During the course of 1985, our future was very uncertain. However, the branch chief, together with Fred "Skip" Atwater (the training and operations officer), were hopeful that the unit would find a sponsor (which indeed happened) and decided to continue our training through Stage VI, with the help of Nance's experience and considerable documentation and theoretical understanding that Atwater and others had managed to accrue. At the conclusion of our training, and with a number of successful operational and training projects under out belts to show that CRV really did work, the further decision was made to try and capture in as pure a form as possible the Ingo methodology. The reasoning was that we might never get any more out-of-house training approved, yet we needed to be able to perpetuate the methodology even after the folks with the "institutional memory" eventually left the unit. I had developed the reputation of being the "word man" in the unit, plus Skip and the branch chief seemed to think I had a firm understanding and grasp of the theory and methodology, so I was asked to write a manual capturing as much of the CRV methodology as possible, with the assistance of the others who had been trained. We pooled our notes, and I wrote each section, then ran it by the others for their suggestions and comments. Corrections and suggestions were evaluated and added if it could be established that they matched true "Ingo theory." Skip and Tom both reviewed the manuscript and provided their input as well. When the thing was finally done, a copy was forwarded to Ingo, who deemed it a "comprehensive and accurate document." Finally, Skip provided a three-page introductory section which it now turns out was apparently originally drafted by Joe McMoneagle. The finished version was printed at the DIA press in May 1986. It was a specialty run, and was never given an official DIA document number. I don't believe any more than thirty or so were printed. Things to keep in mind about the CRV manual: It wasn't intended as a training manual per se, and certainly not as a stand alone training manual. It's primary purpose was to capture and preserve for posterity Ingo's methodology. The very first page declares that it was "prepared to serve as a comprehensive explanation of the theory and mechanics" of CRV, and as a "guide for future training programs." We certainly didn't develop it as a "how to." Since we always assumed any further training to be done would either involve Ingo or someone who had already been trained, the manual did not incorporate lessons-learned, nor the practical implementation of CRV in an operational setting, nor even to explain how one taught people to do CRV, nor why CRV included certain points of theory and process in its methodological base. There are of course lots of things to be said about all these points, and we had ambitions at one time of writing a practical hands-on RV training manual. Unfortunately, events conspired against us and it never happened. In the hands of someone who understands CRV and already knows what is going on, the manual can be extremely useful in teaching others to remote view. We used it in the theory and lecture part of the CRV training of everyone who became a CRVer at the Ft. Meade unit (the one exception was Lyn Buchanan, whom we taught CRV before the manual became reality). I have used it exclusively in my commercial training activities (augmented, of course, by my own experience in training and operations), and I think most, if not all of my students would confirm the efficacy of this approach. It represents CRV in its purest form, and any departures from the principles it contains should be examined at long and hard before they are accepted. There are already a number of alleged "product improvements" based upon the CRV manual that not only are not improvements, but if they aren't just changing "happy" to "glad" or adding superfluous embellishments, may even be outright eviscerations of CRV's principles and effective methodologies. In considering these "new versions" of CRV methodology, it is definitely a case of caveat emptor. I see as a positive benefit of posting the manual that some of the chicanery and foolishness may finally be unveiled that has been able to persist around derivatives of CRV because the "bottom line" hasn't until now been available. There are of course those who will offer as their excuse that this manual represents obsolete technology. My response is that none of its derivatives have thus far demonstrated anything better--or in most cases even as good--under similar constraints. Paul H. Smith Austin, TX 3 July 1998 NEXT PAGE . C O O R D I N A T E R E M O T E V I E W I N G 1 MAY 1986 NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING 1 MAY 1986 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 A. General B. Background 2 THEORY 4 A. Concept B. Definitions C. Discussion 5 D. Levels of Consciousness 6 E. Learning Theory 8 F. Reference Material 11 STRUCTURE A. Concept B. Definitions and Discussion C. Summary 16 STAGE I 18 A. Concept B. Definitions C. Site Requirements 19 D. Types of Ideograms E. Vertical/Horizontal Ideogram Orientation F. I/A/B Formation 20 G. Phases I and II 21 H. Drills I. Format STAGE II A. Concept B. Definitions C. Site Requirements D. Clusters E. "Basic" Words 25 F. Aperture G. Dimensionals H. AOL 26 I. Aesthetic Impact (AI) J. Drills/Exercises K. Format 27 STAGE III A. Concept B. Definitions C. Site Requirements 31 D. The Six Primary Dimensionals E. Aesthetic Impact F. Motion/Mobility 33 G. Dimensional Expression on Paper H. Movement/Movement Exercises 35 I. Analytic Overlay (AOL) in Stage III 36 J. Format 37 STAGE IV 39 A. Concept B. Definitions C. Stage IV Matrix 40 D. Session Format and Mechanics E. Format 41 STAGE V 44 A. Concept B. Definitions C. Format and Structure 45 D. Implications 47 E. Considerations F. Switches 48 G. AOL and Stage V 49 H. Format 50 STAGE VI 54 A. Concept B. Functions of Modeling C. RV Modality D. Discussion 55 E. Session Mechanics F. Format 56 GLOSSARY 62 NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING INTRODUCTION A. General provided to acquaint the reader with the remote viewing The following definitions and descriptions are phenomenon and a typical remote viewing session. 1. Definitions: of psychoenergetic perception. A term coined by a. Remote Viewing (RV): The name of a method SRI-International and defined as "the acquisition and description, by mental means, of information blocked from ordinary perception by distance, shielding or time." process of remote viewing using geographic coordinates for b. Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV): The cueing or prompting. text simply as "viewer," the remote viewer is a person who c. Remote Viewer: Often referred to in the employs his mental faculties to perceive and obtain information to which he has no other access and of which he has no previous knowledge concerning persons, places, events, or objects separated from him by time, distance, or other intervening obstacles. viewer in a remote viewing session. The monitor provides d. Monitor: The individual who assists the the coordinate, observes the viewer to help insure he stays in proper structure (discussed below), records relevant session information, provides appropriate feedback when required, and provides objective analytic support to the viewer as necessary. The monitor plays an especially important role in training beginning viewers. 2. Descriptions: viewing session an individual or "viewer" attempts to a. Remote Viewing Session: In a remote acquire and describe by mental means alone information about a designated site. The viewer is not told what the site is that must be described but is provided a cue or prompt which designates the site. coordinate remote viewing session, a remote viewer and a b. Session Dynamics: In conducting a monitor begin by seating themselves at the opposite ends of a table in a special remote viewing room equipped with paper and pens, a tape recorder, and a TV camera which allows either recording for documentation, or monitoring by individuals outside the room. The room is homogeneously-colored, acoustic-tiled, and featureless, with light controlled by a dimmer, so that environmental distractions can be minimized. The session begins when the monitor provides cueing or prompting information (geographic coordinates in this case) to the remote viewer. The remote viewer is given no additional identifying information, and at this point has no conscious knowledge of the actual site. For training purposes, the monitor is allowed to know enough about the site to enable him to determine when accurate versus inaccurate information is being provided. The session then proceeds with the monitor repeating the prompting information at appropriate intervals and providing necessary feedback. The remote viewer generates verbal responses and sketches, until a coherent response to the overall task requirement emerges. is over, thec. remote viewer and monitor obtain specific Post Session Dynamics: After the session information about the site in picture/descriptive form. The remote viewer and monitor then discuss the session results. B. Background: subcontractor developed a training procedure known as In early 1980, an SRI - International (SRI-I) Coordinate Remote Viewing to satisfy R&D demands on SRI-I to enhance the reliability (scientific replicability) of remote viewing (RV). The subcontractor's approach to improving the reliability of RV was to focus on the control of those factor that in his view tend to introduce "noise" into the RV product (imaginative, environmental, and interviewer overlays). The basic components of this training procedure consist of: (1) coordinate) presentation, with Repeated site-address (geographic quick-reaction response by the remote viewing; coupled with a restrictive format for reporting perceived information (to minimize imaginative overlays). (2) acoustic-tiled, relatively featureless, The use of a specially-designed, homogeneously-colored "viewing chamber" (to minimize environmental overlays). (3) The adoption of a patter (to minimize interviewer strictly-prescribed, limited interviewer overlays). learn a progressive, multi-stage acquisition process The training procedure requires that the trainee postulated to correspond to increased contact with the site. At present there are six "stages" of training. In general, these stages progress as follows: (1) deserts, etc.). "Stage I" sites (islands, mountains, (2) value--sites which are uniquely describable "Stage II" sites (sites of quality sensory through touch, taste, sound, color, or odor--such as glaciers, volcanoes, industrial plants, etc.). (3) significant dimensional characteristics such as "Stage III" sites (sites possessing buildings, bridges, airfields, etc.). (4) begins"Stage to form qualitative mental percepts IV" sites for which the trainee (technical area, military feeling, research, etc.). (5) learns"Stage to "interrogate" qualitative mental V" sites for which the trainee percepts in an attempt to product analytical target descriptions (aircraft tracking radar, biomedical research facility, tank production plant, etc.). (6) in direct, three-dimensional assessment and "Stage VI" sites which involve the trainee modeling of the site and/or the relationship of site elements to one another (airplanes inside one of three camouflaged hangars or a military compound with a command building, barracks, motor pool, and underground weapons storage area). comprehensive explanation of the theory and mechanics of The following document has been prepared to serve as a CRV as developed by SRI-I. It is intended for individuals who have no in-depth understanding of the technology and as a guide for future training programs. Particular attention should be paid to the glossary at the end of the document and to the terms as defined in the text, as they are the only acceptable definitions to be used when addressing the methodology presented. NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING THEORY A. Concept: remote viewing theory postulates a non-material "Matrix" As will be explained in greater detail below, in which any and all information about any person, place or thing may be obtained through the agency of a hypothesized "signal line." The viewer psychically perceives and decodes this signal line and objectifies the information so obtained. interaction of a remote viewer with the signal line, and A remote viewing session consists of both the the interaction between the viewer and the monitor. The monitor and viewer are generally seated at opposite ends of a table. The viewer has a pen and plenty of paper in front of him. The monitor observes the viewer, and determines when the viewer is ready to begin when the viewer places his pen on the left side of the paper in preparation to record the coordinates. The monitor then reads the coordinate, the viewer writes it, and the session proceeds from that point according to theory and methodology as discussed at length below. B. Definitions: originates or takes form or develops. A place or point of 1. Matrix: Something within which something else origin or growth. an immediate cause or impulse. In radio propagation 2. Signal: Something that incites into action; theory, the carrier wave that is received by the radio or radar receiving set. signals emanating from the Matrix (discussed below) and 3. Signal Line: The hypothesized train of perceived by the remote viewer, which transports the information obtained through the remote viewing process. transfers4.mediumand energy progressively from point to point in aitself Wave: A disturbance or variation that particle or element influences the adjacent ones and that or in space in such a way that each may be in the form of an elastic deformation or of a variation of level or pressure, of electric or magnetic intensity, of electric potential, or of temperature. gap, cleft, chasm, slit. In radar, the electronic gate 5. Aperture: An opening or open space; hole, that controls the width and dispersion pattern of the radiating signal or wave. pattern, or organized field having specific properties 6. Gestalt: A unified whole; a configuration, that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts. summon; to call forth a response; elicit.") Iteration of 7. Evoking: (Evoke: "to call forth or up; to the coordinate or alternate prompting method is the mechanism which "evokes" the signal line, calling it up, causing it to impinge on the autonomic nervous system and unconsciousness for transmittal through the viewer and on to objectification (discussed at length in STRUCTURE). conveyed on the signal line is "encoded," that is 8. Coding/Encoding/Decoding: The information translated into an information system (a code) allowing data to be "transmitted" by the signal line. Upon receiving the signal, the viewer must "decode" this information through proper structure to make it accessible. This concept is very similar to radio propagation theory, in which the main carrier signal is modulated to convey the desired information. C. Discussion: non-material, highly structured, mentally accessible The Matrix has been described as a huge, "framework" of information containing all data pertaining to everything in both the physical and non-physical universe. In the same vein as Jung's Cosmic Unconsciousness, the Matrix is open to and comprises all conscious entities as well as information relating to everything else living or nonliving by accepted human definition. It is this informational framework from which the data encoded on the signal line originates. This Matrix can be envisioned as a vast, three dimensional geometric arrangement of dots, each dot representing a discrete information bit. Each geographic location on the earth has a corresponding segment of the Matrix corresponding exactly to the nature of the physical location. When the viewer is prompted by the coordinate or other targeting methodology, he accesses the signal line for data derived from the Matrix. By successfully acquiring (detecting) this information from the signal line, then coherently decoding it through his conscious awareness and faculties, he makes it available for analysis and further exploitation by himself or others. agency ofRemote a hypothetical "signal line." In a manner viewing is made possible through the roughly analogous to standard radio propagation theory, this signal line is a carrier wave which is inductively modulated by its intercourse with information and may be detected and decoded by a remote viewer. This signal line radiates in many different frequencies, and its impact on the viewer's perceptive faculties is controlled through a phenomenon known as "aperture." Essentially, when the remote viewer first detects the signal line in Stage I (*) it manifests itself as a sharp, rapid influx of signal energy -- representing large gestalts of information. In this situation, we therefore speak of a "narrow" aperture, since only a very narrow portion of the signal line is allowed to access the consciousness. In later stages involving longer, slower, more enduring waves, the aperture is spoken of as being "wider." of control, RV methodology is divided into discreet, progressive * NOTE: for the sake of clarity, ease of instruction, and facility "stages," each dealing with different or more detailed aspects of the site. Stage I is the first and most general of the six stages thus far identified. Each stage is a natural progression, building on the information obtained during the previous stage. Each session must start with Stage I, progress on through Stage II, Stage III, and so forth, through the highest stage to be complete in that particular session. D. Levels of Consciousness: 1. Definitions: immediately available to consciousness; affecting thought, a. Subconscious: Existing in the mind but not feeling, and behavior without entering awareness. The mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness. outside the area of conscious awareness; influencing b. Subliminal: Existing or functioning thought, feeling, or behavior in a manner unperceived by personal or subjective consciousness; designed to influence the mind on levels other than that of conscious awareness and especially by presentation too brief to be consciously perceived. interface between the subconscious and conscious. c. Limen: The threshold of consciousness; the consciousness. d. Liminal: At the limen; verging on realm of conscious awareness. e. Supraliminal: Above the limen; in the noticing with a degree of controlled thought or f. Conscious: Perceiving, apprehending, or observation; recognizing as something external. Present especially to the senses. Involving rational power, perception, and awareness. By definition, the "conscious" part of the human being is that portion of the human consciousness which is linked most closely to and limited by the material world. the vertebrate nervous system that innervates smooth and g. Autonomic Nervous System (ANS): A part of cardiac muscle and glandular tissues, governs actions that are more or less automatic, and consists of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system (Webster's 3rd Int. Unabr.). the paper ash. result of the impingement of the signal on the autonomicanervous system and its subsequent Ideogram (I): The reflexive mark made on transmittal through this system to the arm and hand muscles, which transfers it through the pen onto the paper. subjective interpretation of signal line data, which may i. Analytic Overlay (AOL): Conscious or may not be relevant to the site. (Discussed at length in STRUCTURE.) movement of the signal line information through the j. Automatic vs. Autonomic: Reception and viewer's system ** and into objectification is an autonomic process as opposed to an automatic one, which itself implies an action arising and subsiding entirely within the system rather than from without. (Note: in the original document, "j." was a typo, listed as a second "i.") "autonomic," etc., it refers in a general sense to all the ** NOTE: When the word "system" is used without qualifiers such as integrated and integrative biological (and perhaps metaphysical as well) elements and components of the viewer himself which enable him to function in this mode known as "remote viewing." 2. Discussion: human consciousness levels. The lowest level of RV theory relies on a rather Freudian model of consciousness is paradoxically named the "unconscious." All this label really means is that that part of our mental processes we know as physical "awareness" or "consciousness" does not have access to what goes on there. It is apparently this part of the individual's psyche that first detects and receives the signal line. From here it is passed to the autonomic nervous system. When the signal line impinges on the ANS, the information is converted into a reflexive nervous response conducted through muscular channels controlled by the ANS. If so allowed, this response will manifest itself as an ideogram. At the same time, the signal is passed up through the subconscious, across the limen, and into the lower fringes of the consciousness. This is the highest state of consciousness from the standpoint of human material awareness. However, the normal waking consciousness poses certain problems for remote viewing, occasioned largely because of the linear, analytic thought processes which are societally enhanced and ingrained from our earliest stages of cognitive development. While extremely useful in a society relying heavily on quantitative data and technological development, such analytic thinking hampers remote viewing by the manufacture of what is known as "analytic overlay," or AOL. As the signal line surges up across the limen and into the threshold areas of consciousness, the mind's conscious analytic process feels duty-bound to assign coherence to what at first blush seems virtually incomprehensible data coming from an unaccustomed source. It must in other words make a "logical" assessment based on the impressions being received. Essentially, the mind jumps to one or a number of instantaneous conclusions about the incoming information without waiting for sufficient information to make an accurate judgement. This process is completely reflexive, and happens even when not desired by the individual involved. Instead of allowing wholistic "right-brain" processes (through which the signal line apparently manifests itself) to assemble a complete and accurate concept, untrained "left brain"-based analytic processes seize upon whatever bit of information seems most familiar and forms an AOL construct based on it. For example, a viewer has been given the coordinates to a large, steel girder bridge. A flash of a complex, metal, manmade structure may impinge on the limenary regions of the viewer's mind, but so briefly that no coherent response can be made to it. The conscious mind, working at a much greater speed than the viewer expects, perceives bits and pieces such as angles, riveted girders, and a sense of being "roofed over" and paved, whereupon it suggests to the physical awareness of the viewer that the site is the outside of a large sports stadium. The "image" is of course wrong, but is at least composed of factual elements, though these have been combined by the viewer's over-eager analytical processes to form an erroneous conclusion. E. Learning Theory 1. Definitions: individual'sa. "burned out,"learning Overtraining: The state reached when the overworked andanalogous system is over-saturated and is can no longer extend or contract until it to a muscle that has been is allowed to rest and rebuild fibers that have been broken down by the stress, or reinforce those that have been newly acquired by new demands placed upon the muscle. incorporation or by the digestive process. b. Absorption: Assimilation, as by neurons, linked together by interconnecting synapses, and c. Cognitron: A cognitron is an assemblage of which when stimulated by the mind's recall system produce a composite concept of their various subparts. Each neuron is charged with an element of the overall concept, which when combined with the elements of its fellow neurons produces the final concept which the cognitron represents. As a human learns new facts, skills or behaviors, neurons are connecting into new cognitrons, the connecting synapses of which are more and more reinforced with use. processes." The apparent fundamental physical building d. Neuron: "A nerve cell with all its block of mental and nervous processes. Neurons are the basic element in the formation of cognitrons, and may be linked into varying configurations by the formation or rearrangement of synapse chains. over which nerve impulses must travel to carry information e. Synapse: The interstices between neurons from the senses, organs, and muscles to the brain and back, and to conduct mental processes. of the standard success-to-session ratio of a remote f. Learning Curve: The graphic representation viewer trainee. The typical curve demonstrates high success for the first one to a few attempts, a sudden and drastic drop in success, then a gradual improvement curve until a relatively high plateau is reached. or skill a phenomenon exists known as "beginner's luck." g. First-Time Effect: In any human activity In remote viewing, this phenomenon is manifest as especially successful performance at the first attempt at psychic functioning, after which the success rate drops sharply, to be built up again gradually through further training. This effect is hypothesized to result from the initial excitation of hereditary but dormant psi-conducting neuronal channels which, when first stimulated by attempted psychoenergetic functioning "catch the analytic system off guard," as it were, allowing high-grade functioning with little other system interference. Once the initial novelty wears off, the analytic systems which have been trained for years to screen all mental functions attempt to account for and control the newly awakened neural pathways, thereby generating increasing amounts of masking "mental noise," or AOL. overlay, inclemencies, etc. that serve to obscure or h. Noise: The effect of the various types of confuse the viewer's reception and accurate decoding of the signal line. Noise must be dealt with properly and in structure to allow the viewer to accurately recognize the difference between valid signal and his own incorrect internal processes. 2. Discussion: by the idea that the student should "quit on a high Learning theory for RV methodology is governed point." Traditionally, the learning of a skill concentrates on rote repetition, reiterating the skill a large number of times until it is consistently performed correctly. Recent developments in learning theory which have been applied with particular success in sports training methodology indicate that the rote repetition concept tends more to reinforce incorrect performance as opposed to developing the proper behavior or skill. Much success has been realized by implementing the concept of "quitting on a high point." That is, when a skill or behavior has been executed correctly, taking an extended break from the training at that point allows the learning processes to "remember" the correct behavior by strengthening the neurological relays that have been established in the brain by the correct procedure. danger in the training cycle, generally brought about by The phenomenon of overtraining is a very real pushing ahead with training until the learning system of the viewer is totally saturated and cannot absorb any more. This results in system collapse, which in effect is a total failure to function psychically at all. To avoid this, the normal practice has been to work an appropriate number of sessions a day (anywhere from one to several, depending on each individual trainee's capacity and level of training and experience) for a set number of days or weeks (also individually dependent), with a lay off period between training periods to allow time for assimilation or "absorption." Even with this precaution, overtraining can sometimes strike, and the only remedy becomes a total training layoff, then a gradual reintroduction. It is extremely important that the viewer inform the monitor when he is feeling especially good about his performance in remote viewing training, so that a training break may be initiated on this high point. To continue to push beyond this threatens a slide into overtraining. the course of the training session become aware that he It is very important that should the viewer in has experienced some important "cognition" or understanding, or if the monitor perceives that this is the case, the session must here also be halted. This allows time both for the cognition to be fully matriculated into the viewer's system and for the accompanying elation of discovery to dissipate. six distinctThe stages implies that there is a learning fact that CRV methodology is arranged into progression from one stage to the next. To determine when a student viewer is ready to advance to the next stage, certain milestones are looked for. Though the peculiarities of each stage make certain of these criteria relevant only to that specific stage, general rules may still be outlined. When a viewer has consistently demonstrated control and replication of all pertinent stage elements and has operated "noise free" (i.e., properly handling AOL and other system distractions in structure) for five or six sessions, he is ready to write a stage summation essay and move on to the introductory lectures for the next stage. training, and serves as a sort of intellectual Essay writing is an important part of the CRV "objectification" of the material learned. Through student essays the instructor is able to determine how thoroughly and accurately the student has internalized the concepts taught. F. Reference Material: Processing, New York: Wiley, 1981. 1. Theory: Dixon, Norman, Preconscious 2. Learning Theory: Self-organizinga. Neural Network with a Function of Fukushima, K. and Miyake, S., "A Associative Memory: Feed-back Type Cognition," Biological Cybernetics, 28 (1978), pp. 201-208. Self-organizingb. Neural Network Model for a Mechanism of Fukushima, K. "Neocognitron: A Pattern Recognition Unaffected by Shift in Position," Biological Cybernetics, 36 (1980), pp. 197-202. Function of thec. pp. 38-47. Ego," Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 23 (1954), Linn, Louis, "The Discriminating Psychological Unconscious: A Necessary Assumption for All d. Shevrin, H., and Dickman, Scott, "The Psychological Theory?" American Psychologist, vol. 35, no. 5 (May 1980), pp. 421-434. Neural Holographic Processes within the Brain," e. Westlake, P.R., "The Possibilities of Kybernetic, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 129-153. NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING STRUCTURE A. Concept: remote viewing theory. The word "structure" signifies the "Structure" is a singularly important element in orderly process of proceeding from general to specific in accessing the signal line, of objectifying in proper sequence all data bits and RV-related subjective phenomena (i.e.g, see aesthetic impact as discussed in STAGE III), and rigorous extraction of AOL from the viewer's system by conscientious objectification. Structure is executed in a formal ordered format sequence using pen and paper. A sample format will be provided as each stage is discussed in turn, since different elements are used in each. B. Definitions and Discussion: might degrade or even preclude psychic functioning. Muscle 1. Inclemencies: Personal considerations that pains, colds, allergies, menstrual cramps, hangovers, mental and emotional stress, etc., could cause increased difficulty to the viewer in accessing the signal line, but could be "worked through," and ultimately are only minor nuisances. Only hunger and a pressing need to eliminate body wastes cause the system to totally not function. It is important, though, that the viewer identify and declare any inclemencies either at the first of the session or as they are recognized, since unattended agendas such as these can color or distort the viewer's functioning if not eliminated from the system through objectification (see below). Preferably, the monitor will ask the viewer if he has any personal inclemencies even before the first iteration of the coordinate so as to purge the system as much as possible before beginning the session proper. inclemencies exist, which we might refer to as There is evidence that an additional category of environmental inclemencies. Extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic radiation may have a major role in this. Experience and certain research suggests that changes in the Earth's geomagnetic field--normally brought about by solar storms, or "sunspots," may degrade the remote viewer's system, or actually cause it to cease functioning effectively altogether. On-going research projects are attempting to discover the true relationship, if any, between solar storms, ELF, and human psychic functioning. out loud and writing down information. In this 2. Objectification: The act of physically saying methodology, objectification serves several important functions. First, it allows the information derived from the signal line to be recorded and expelled from the system, freeing the viewer to receive further information and become better in tune with the signal line. Secondly, it makes the system independently aware that its contributions have been acknowledged and recorded. Thirdly, it allows re-input of the information into the system as necessary for further prompting. In effect, objectification "gives reality" to the signal line and the information it conveys. Finally, objectification allows non-signal line derived material (inclemencies, AOLs, etc.) that might otherwise clutter the system and mask valid signal line data to be expelled. structure, the "I/A/B" sequence is the fundamental element 3. I/A/B Sequence: The core of all CRV of Stage I, which is itself in turn the foundation for site acquisition and further site detection and decoding in subsequent CRV stages. The sequence is composed of an ideogram (the "I"), which is a spontaneous graphic representation of the site's major gestalt; the "A" component or "feeling/motion" involved in the ideogram; and the "B" component, or first analytic response to the signal line. (A full discussion may be found in the Stage I section below.) session to the viewer to indicate if he has detected and 4. Feedback: Those responses provided during the properly decoded site-relevant information; or, information provided at some point after completion of the RV session or project to "close the loop" as it were, providing the viewer with closure as to the site accessed and allowing him to assess the quality of his performance more accurately. most concerned, is usually only used extensively in In-session feedback, with which we will be here earlier stages of the training process, and has several interconnected functions. The very nature of the RV phenomena makes it often only rather tenuously accessible to one's physically-based perceptions, and therefore difficult to recognize. Feedback is provided after correct responses to enable the viewer to immediately identify those perceptions which produced the correct response and associate them with proper psychic behavior. Secondly, it serves to develop much-needed viewer confidence by immediately rewarding the viewer and letting him know that he is being successful. Finally, it helps keep the viewer on the proper course and connected with the signal line, preventing him from falling into AOL drive and wandering off on a tangent. presented bya. the trainee viewer is assessed by the monitor Correct (abbreviated "C"): The data bit to be a true component of the site. cannot be fully assessed by the monitor as being accurate b. Probably Correct ("PC"): Data presented site information, but it would be reasonable to assume because of its nature that the information is valid for the site. viewer are elements of objects or locations near the site. c. Near Site ("N"): Data objectified by the insufficientd. feedback information to evaluate data Can't Feed Back ("CFB"): Monitor has produced by the viewer. successfullye. acquired and debriefed the site. In Site ("S"): Tells the former that he has elementary training sessions, this usually signifies the termination of the session. At later stages, when further information remains to be derived from the site, the session may continue on beyond full acquisition of the site. the trainee viewer is patently incorrect, the monitor f. Silence: When information objectified by simply remains silent, which the viewer may freely interpret as an incorrect response. this system is based, the intent is to avoid reinforcing In line with the learning theory upon which any negative behavior or response. Therefore, there is no feedback for an incorrect response; and any other feedback information is strictly limited to those as defined above. It should be noted here that the above refers to earlier stages of the training process. Later stages do away with in-session feedback to the viewer, and at even later stages the monitor himself is denied access to any site information or feedback until the session is over. of the ideogram to re-present itself if improperly or 5. Self-Correcting Characteristic: The tendency incompletely decoded. If at the iteration of the coordinate an ideogram is produced and then decoded with the wrong "A" & "B" components, or not completely decoded, upon the next iteration of the coordinate the same ideogram will appear, thereby informing the viewer that he has made an error somewhere in the procedure. On rare occasions, the ideogram will be re-presented even when it has been properly decoded. This almost inevitably occurs if the site is extremely uniform, such as the middle of an ocean, a sandy desert, glacier, etc., where nothing else but one single aspect is present. response of the viewer's mind to signal line input. An AOL 6. AOL ("Analytic Overlay"): The analytic is usually wrong, especially in early stages, but often contained in the signal line; hence, a light house may does possess valid elements of the site[5] that are produce an AOL of "factory chimney" because of its tall, cylindrical shape. AOLs may be recognized in several ways. First, if there is a comparator present ("it looks like...", "it's sort of...", etc.) the information present will almost inevitably be an AOL, and should always be treated as one. Secondly, a mental image that is sharp, clear, and static--that is, there is no motion present in it, and in fact it appears virtually to be a mental photograph of the site--is also certainly AOL. Hesitation in production of the "B" component in Stage I coordinate remote viewing, or a response that is out of structure anywhere in the system[7] are also generally sure indicators that AOL is present. Finally, the monitor or viewer can frequently detect AOL by the inflection of the as a question rather than a statement should be recognized viewer's voice or other micro behaviors.[8] Data delivered as usually being AOL. them as soon as they are recognized, and writing "AOL AOLs are dealt with by declaring/objectifying Break" on the right side of the paper, then writing a brief description of the AOL immediately under that. This serves to acknowledge to the viewer's system that the AOL has been recognized and duly recorded and that it is not what is desired, thereby purging the system of unwanted noise and debris and allowing the signal line in its purity to be acquired and decoded properly. system***7. be put on "hold," providing the opportunity to Breaks: The mechanism developed to allow the to flush out AOLs, deal with temporary inclemencies, or make system adjustments, allowing a fresh start with new momentum. There are seven types of breaks: "autonomic," etc., it refers in a general sense to all the *** NOTE: When the word "system" is used without qualifiers such as integrated and integrative biological (and perhaps metaphysical as well) elements and components of the viewer himself which enable him to function in this mode known as "remote viewing." signal line to be put on hold while AOL is expelled from a. AOL Break: As mentioned above, allows the the system.[9] the viewer becomes confused by events in his environment b. Confusion Break (often, "Conf Bk"): When or information in the signal line to the degree that impressions he is receiving are hopelessly entangled, a Confusion Break is called. Whatever time necessary is allowed for the confusion to dissipate, and when necessary the cause for confusion is declared much like it is done with AOL. The RV process is then resumed with an iteration of the coordinate. information is provided by the signal line all at once for c. Too Much Break ("TM Break"): When too much the viewer to handle, a "Too Much Break" is called and written down (objectified), telling the system to slow down and supply information in order of importance. After the overload is dissipated, the viewer may resume from the break, normally with the reiteration of the coordinates. A too much break is often indicated by an overly elaborate ideogram or ideograms. be discussedd. inAesthetic conjunction with Stage III. Impact Break ("AI Break"): Will break becomes necessary when an AOL or related AOLs have e. AOL Drive Break (AOL-D Bk): This type of overpowered the system and are "driving" the process (as evidenced by the recurrence of a specific AOL two or more times), producing nothing but spurious information. Once the AOL-Drive is objectified, the break time taken will usually need to be longer than that for a normal AOL to allow the viewer to fully break contact and allow to dissipate the objectionable analytic loop. viewer perceives he is too much absorbed in and f. Bi-location Break (Bilo Bk): When the transferred to the site and cannot therefore appropriately debrief and objectify site information, or that he is too aware of and contained within the here-and-now of the remote viewing room, only weakly connected with the signal line, a Bilo break must be declared and objectified to allow the viewer to back out, and then get properly recoupled with the signal line again. system the viewer must take a break that does not fit into g. Break (Break): If at any point in the any of the other categories, a "Break" is declared. It has been recommended that a break not be taken if the signal line is coming through strong and clear. If the break is extensive--say for twenty minutes or more, it is appropriate to objectify "Resume" and the time at the point of resumption. "AOL Break,"The appropriate, usually in the right hand margin of the "AIviewer Break," "Bilo Break," etc., as declares a break by objectifying paper. Immediately underneath he briefly objectifies in one or a few words the cause or content of what occasioned the necessity for a break. C. Summary: is through proper structure-discipline that mental noise Structure is the key to usable RV technology. It is suppressed and signal line information allowed to emerge cleanly. As expressed by one early student, "Structure! Content be damned!" is the universal motto of the remote viewer. As long as proper structure is the viewer starts speculating about content--wondering maintained, information obtained may be relied on.[14] If "what it is"--he will begin to depart from proper structure and AOL will inevitably result. One of the primary duties of both monitor and viewer is to insure the viewer maintains proper structure, taking information in the correct sequence, at the correct stage, and in the proper manner.[15] NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING STAGE I A. Concept: "gestalt," as it is referred to below, that makes it Any given site has an overall nature or uniquely what it is. In Stage I, the remote viewer is taught to acquire the signal line, attune himself to it, and proceed to decode and objectify this site getalt and the major pieces of information that pertain to it. A properly executed Stage I is the very foundation of everything that follows after it, and it is therefore of utmost importance to maintain correct structure and achieve an accurate Stage I concept of the site. All CRV sessions begin with Stage I. B. Definitions: presented1. composite interactive meaning. The one concept that more byMajorelements of the site taken for their all Gestalt: The overall impression than all others would be the best description of the site. sequence.2. The ideogram is the spontaneous graphic Ideogram: The "I" component of the I/A/B representation of the major gestalt, manifested by the motion of the viewer's pen on paper, which motion is produced by the impingement of the signal line on the autonomic nervous system and the reflexive transmission of the resultant nervous energy to the muscles of the viewer's hand and arm. The objectified ideogram has no "scale;" that is, the size of the ideogram relative to the paper seems to have no relevance to the actual size of any component at the site. of the ideogram. The "feeling/motion" is essentially the 3. "A" Component: The "feeling/motion" component impression of the physical consistency (hard, soft, solid, fluid, gaseous, etc.) and contour/shape/motion of the site. For example, the monitor has selected, unknown to the viewer, a mountain as the trainee's site. At the iteration of the coordinate, the trainee produces an appropriate ideogram, and responds verbally, at the same time as he writes it: "Rising up, peak, down." This is the "motion" sensation he experienced as his pen produced the ideogram. He then says "solid," having experienced the site as being solid as opposed to fluid or airy. This is the "feeling" component of the Stage 1 process. There are at least five possible types of feelings: solidity, liquidity, energetic, airiness (that is, where there is more air space than anything else, such as some suspension bridges might manifest), and temperature. Other feeling descriptors are possible, but encountered only in rare circumstances and connected with unusual sites. These components and how they are expressed in structure will be discussed more fully below. Though in discussions of theory this aspect is usually address as "feeling/motion," it will normally be the case in actual session work that the motion aspect is decoded first with the feeling portion coming second. analytic response to the ideogram and "A" component. 4. "B" Component: The first (spontaneous) C. Site Requirements: selected.For Basic Stage I coordinate remote viewing sites training in Stage I, a stage-specific site is generally comprise an area isolated by some five miles on a side and possess easily identifiable major gestalts that may be easily decoded in simple Stage I sessions. All sites have Stage I gestalts, but for training Stage I perceptions these "simple" sites are selected. D. Types of Ideograms: There are four types of ideograms: only one "A" component (feeling/motion) and one "B" 1. Single: One unbroken mark or line, containing component. Produces usually at least three sets of "A" and "B" 2. Double: Two basically parallel marks or lines. components: one for the area between the marks, and one each for the areas on either side of the marks. Two other "A" and "B" components may be present as well, one for each of the marks. Railroad tracks, roads, canals, etc. may produce this type of ideogram. producing3. its own set or sets of "A" and "B" components. Multiple: Two or more different marks, each Such an ideogram may be obtained when there is more than one major gestalt present at a given site--such as a lake, city and mountain--all within the area designated by the coordinate. This type of ideogram may occasion the necessity of taking a "Too Much Break" because of the volume of information contained in more than one major gestalt. Caution must be exercised here, since a single mark may actually represent either a double or multiple ideogram, but may be mistaken for a single ideogram. To ascertain this, the signal line must be prompted by placing the pen on the mark and also to either side to determine if more than one "A" and "B" component is also present. makes identical marks," and produces one set of "A" and 4. Composite: "Pen leaves paper more than twice, "B" components. Things such as orchards, antenna fields, etc., with numbers of identical components produce this type of ideogram. E. Vertical/Horizontal Ideogram Orientation: parallel with the plane of the horizon (horizontal) or Ideograms may be encountered (objectified) either perpendicular to it (vertical). For example, the Gobi desert being predominantly flat, wave sand, would produce a motion portion of the Stage I "A" indicating a horizontal ideogram. The Empire State Building, however, would produce some sort of vertical response such as "up, angle," in the motion portion of the "A," indicating a vertical ideogram. However, a crucial point to remember is the objectification of the ideogram is completely independent either of what it looks like or its orientation on paper. It is imperative to realize that what determines the vertical/horizontal ideogram orientation is not the site's inherent manifestation of the physical world, and not how or what direction it is executed on the paper, or even the RVer's "point of view," since in Stage I there is no viewer site orientation in the dimensional plane. Simply observing how the ideogram looks on paper will not give reliable clues as to what the orientation of the ideogram might be. The ideogram objectified as "across, flat, wavy" for the Gobi Desert might on the paper be an up and down mark. The ideogram for the Empire State Building could possibly be represented as oriented across the paper. interpreted by what they "look like," but by the It is obvious then that ideograms can not be feeling/motion component produced immediately following the ideogram. The viewer must learn to sense the orientation of an ideogram as he executes it. If unsuccessful on the first attempt, the ideogram may be "re-prompted" by moving the pen along it at the same tempo as it was produced, with the viewer being alert to accurately obtain the missing information. F. I/A/B/ Formation: (coordinate, etc.) the viewer writes it down on the left As the monitor gives the prompting information side of the paper, then immediately afterwards places his pen on the paper again to execute the ideogram ("I"). This presents itself as a spontaneous mark produced on the paper by the motion of hand and pen. Immediately upon execution of the ideogram, the viewer then moves his pen to the right third of the paper where he writes "A" and describes briefly the feeling/motion characteristics of the site as it is manifest in the ideogram, for example, "A Across angle up angle across angle down, solid." component, the viewer then moves his pen to a position Upon correctly decoding the feeling/motion below the recorded feeling/motion responses and directly under the "A," then writes "B." He then records the appropriate "B" component response, which will be the first instantaneous analytic response following the ideogram and feeling/motion components to the signal line's impingement on his system. Sample responses may be "mountain," "water," "structure," "land," "ice," "city," "sand," "swamp," etc. G. Phases I and II: determined by the number and types of major gestalts Stage I training is divided into two phases, produced by the site used. For example, mountain, city, or water. Phase II includes sites with more than one major gestalt, and therefore some sort of identifiable interface: a beach on an ocean, an island, a city by a river, or a mountain with a lake. H. Drills: in executing ideograms on paper. If such habits become Most viewers tend to establish well-worn patterns established enough, they can actually inhibit proper handling of the signal line by restricting ease and flexibility in proper ideogram production. In order to counter this tendency, training drills may occasionally be conducted. These drills use paper with a larger number of rectangles, outlined in black, of different sizes, proportions, and orientations (i.e., with the long sides paralleling in some cases the top of the paper and other cases paralleling the sides of the paper). As he comes to each of these rectangles on the paper in turn, the viewer is directed to execute an ideogram for a given site (i.e., "mountain," "lake," "city," "canyon," "orchard," "island," "mountain by a lake with a city," "waterfall," "volcano," etc.) with his pen inside the rectangle, extending the ideogram as appropriate from one side of the rectangle to another without passing outside the rectangle. Each time the directions may vary--the ideogram will have to be executed from top to bottom, right to left, left to right, bottom to top, diagonally, etc. In the case of ideograms that do not have a directional emphasis, such as one formed by a circle, a grouping of dots, etc., the ideogram must fill the area of the rectangle without going outside it. The ideogram must be executed as rapidly as possible, without any hesitation or time taken to think. The purpose of this exercise is obviously to encourage spontaneity and increase facility with pen on paper; though it is unlikely that real signal line connection occurs, the ideograms created by the near-totally reflexive actions involved in the drill approach actual archetypal ideogrammatic styles. I. Format: name and the date/time group of the session in the upper All sessions are begun by writing the viewer's right hand corner of the paper, together with any other session-relevant information deemed necessary by the monitor. As stated above, the coordinate or other prompting information is written in the left third of the paper, the ideogram approximately in the middle third (though because of the spontaneous nature of the ideogram, it may sometimes be executed much closer to the prompting data, sometimes even being connected to it), and the "A" and "B" components in the right third. AOL and other breaks are declared near the right edge of the paper. This format constitutes the structure of Stage I and when properly executed, objectifies ("gives reality" to) the signal line. Following is a sample Stage I format: (FORMAT FOR STAGE I) Name Date Time (Personal Inclemencies/Advance Visuals Declared) (Coordinate) (Ideogram) A Across angle up angle angle across angle down Solid B Structure AOL Break Sports Stadium NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING STAGE II A. Concept: signal line data relevant to physical sensory input. The Stage II presents to the viewer's cognition classic explanation of this is that such data are exactly equivalent to "sensations the viewer would experience were he physically present at the site." In effect, this allows the viewer to come into closer contact with the signal line through recognition and objectification of sensory facts relevant to the site. This information centers around the five physical senses: touch, smell, sight, sound, and taste, and can include both temperature (both as a tactile "hot/cold to the touch" sensation, and/or a general environmental ambience) and "energetics" (i.e.g, magnetism, strong radio broadcasts, nuclear radiation, etc.). B. Definitions: hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which man perceives 1. Sense: Any of the faculties, as sight, stimuli originating from outside or inside the body. sensations. 2. Sensory: Of or pertaining to the senses or affecting3.being capable ofthe Tactile: Of, pertaining to, endowed with, or sense of touch. Perceptible to the touch; touched; tangible. sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing. Perceived 4. Auditory: Of or pertaining to hearing, to the through or resulting from the sense of hearing. direction5. line has one dimension, length. A plane has two asDimension: length, breadth and thickness or depth. A Extension in a single line or dimensions, length and breadth. A solid or cube has three dimensions, length, breadth and thickness. C. Site Requirements: their pronounced manifestation of sensory information. Sites for Stage II training are selected for Examples: sewage treatment plant, airport, pulp mill, botanical garden, chocolate factory, steel mill, amusement park, etc. D. Clusters: "clusters" of words--usually 3-4 words, though sometimes Stage II responses tend to come in groups or more--pertaining to different aspects or gestalts of the site. If for example a body of water and an area of land are present at the site, a group of sensory Stage II words might be produced by the viewer relating to the land, then another group relating to the water. This is particularly noticeable in sites whose ideograms product two or more "A" and "B" components. Stage IIs will tend to cluster in respect to the "A" and "B" components to which they relate. Stage II responses cluster in another sense as well. Frequently, types of sensory responses will come together. For example two or three tastes, smells, colors, or textures may cluster together as the viewer objectifies his perceptions on the paper. E. "Basic" Words: words dealing directly with a sensory experience: i.e. True Stage IIs are generally simple, fundamental rough, red, cold, stinging smell, sandy taste, soft, moist, green, gritty, etc. When objectified words go beyond the "basics" they are considered "out of structure" and therefore unreliable. F. Aperture: been executed, the aperture (which was at its narrowest After a proper Stage I Ideogram/A/B sequence has point during Stage I) opens to accommodate Stage II information. Not only does this allow the more detailed sensory information to pass through to the viewer, but it is accompanied by a correspondingly longer signal "loiter" time--the information comes in more slowly, and is less concentrated. Towards the end of Stage II, and approach the threshold of Stage III, the aperture begins to expand even further, allowing the acquisition of dimensionally related information. (see below.) G. Dimensionals: approaches Stage III, the aperture widens, allowing the As the viewer proceeds through Stage II and viewer to shift from a global (gestalt) perspective, which is paramount through Stage I and most of Stage II, to a perspective in which certain limited dimensional characteristics are discernable. "Dimensionals" are words produced by the viewer and written down in structure to conceptualize perceived elements of this new dimensional perspective he has now gained through the widening of the aperture. These words demonstrate five dimensional concepts: vertical-ness, horizontal-ness, angularity, space or volume, and mass. While at first glance the concept of "mass" seems to be somewhat inappropriate to the dimensional concept, mass in this case can be conceived in in dimensionally related terms as in a sense being substance occupying a specific three dimensional area. Generally received only in the latter portion of Stage II, dimensionals are usually very basic--"tall," "wide," "long," "big." More complex dimensionals such as "panoramic" are usually received at later stages characterized by wider aperture openings. If these more complex dimensionals are reported during Stage II they are considered "out of structure" and therefore unreliable. H. AOL: Stage II than it is in Stage I. Though it does Analytic overlay is considerably more rare in occasionally occur, something about the extremely basic sensory nature of the data bits being received strongly tends to avoid AOL. Some suppositions suggest that the sensory data received comes across either at a low enough energy level or through a channel that does not stimulate the analytic portion of the mind to action. In effect, the mind is "fooled" into thinking Stage II information is being obtained from normal physical sensory sources. The combination of true sensory data received in Stage II may produce a valid signal line "image" consisting of colors, forms, and textures. Stage II visuals or other true signal line visuals of the site may be distinguished from an AOL in that they are perceived as fuzzy, indistinct and tending to fade in and out as one attempts to focus on its constituent elements rather than the sharp, clear, static image present with AOL. I. Aesthetic Impact (AI): widening of the aperture, and signals the transition from Aesthetic impact indicates a sudden and dramatic Stage II into Stage III. In normal session structure, it occurs only after two or more dimensionals occur in the signal line. On occasion, however, AI can occur more or less spontaneously in Stage II, especially when a site is involved with very pronounced Stage II elements, such as particularly noisome chemical plant. AIR is the viewer's personal, emotional response to the site: "How the site makes you feel." It can be a manifestation of sudden surprise, vertigo, revulsion, or pleasure. Though some sites seem to consistently elicit similar AI responses in any person who remote views them, it must still be borne in mind that an AI response is keyed directly to the individual's own personality and emotional/physical makeup, and that therefore AI responses can differ, sometimes dramatically so, from viewer to viewer. AI will be more fully discussed in the section of this paper dealing with Stage III. J. Drills/Exercises: responses, an exercise is usually assigned viewer To promote flexibility in producing Stage II trainees. This consists of producing a list of at least sixty sensory response type words, dealing with all the the possible categories of sensory perceptions: tastes, sounds, smells, tactile experience, colors and other elementary visuals, and magnetic/energetic experiences. When giving the assignment, the trainer emphasizes reliance on "basic" words as described above. K. Format: Following is a sample Stage II format: (FORMAT FOR STAGE II) Name Date Time (Personal Inclemencies/Visuals Declared) (STAGE I - Coordinate) (Ideogram) A across angle up angle down angle across angle down solid B Structures (STAGE II - Sensory Data) S2 white warm unclean smell AI Break Smells Gross! AOL Break Smells like dirty air (STAGE I - Coordinate) (Ideogram - multiple) A Up angle across angle down Solid B Structure A Angle across angle down Solid B Structure A Flat Hard B Land (STAGE II) S2 grey white rough noisy densely populated - S4 (note this warm as Stage IV, not II) smell of fumes Confusion Break "Thud" or scraping sound. Can't tell. tall start [Note: this is the (Stage II - Dimensionals) high of dimensionals] solid wide AI Break Man! This thing is really BIG! NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING STAGE III A. Concept: dramatically wider than was the case with either Stage I As Stage II progresses the aperture opens or early Stage II. Dimensionals begin to emerge and the threshold is reached for the transition into Stage III. The shift into full Stage III is triggered by aesthetic impact (see below). It is after this point that the true dimensionality of the site may begin to be expressed. This differs from dimensional elements encountered previously, in that Stage II dimensionals are individual aspects of the site, while Stage III dimensionality is a composite of inherent site aspects. The concept of "the viewer's perspective" must, however, be avoided because in Stage III the viewer has not yet reached the point where complete comprehension and appreciation of the size, shape, and dimensional composition of the overall site can be ascertained. Generally, the viewer himself is not precisely aware of his own perceptual relationship to the site and therefore not consciously aware of the true relationship of all the dimensional components he is able to debrief from Stage III. As is discussed in various sections below, he must rely on the various tools available in Stage III to obtain and organize the increased information he is perceiving. Although Stage III can provide a great deal of information about any given site, the goal of Stage III is command of structure. B. Definitions: site. 1. Aesthetic: Sensitivity of response to given line, etc. 2. Drawing: The act of representing something by hazy perception; a model or archetype. 3. Idea: Mental conception; a vague impression; a emotions,4. sometimes very gross, but may be very weak or Impact: A striking together; changes, moods, very subtle. mobile. 5. Mobility: The state or quality of being 6. Motion: The act or process of moving. mentally through the senses. 7. Perceptible: That which can be grasped or inspire by suggestion. 8. Prompt: To incite to move or to action; move detailed). 9. Rendering: Version; translation (often highly much detail; to describe the principle points (idea) of. 10. Sketch: To draw the general outline without evidence,11. etc.; to follow with a line. To Track: To trace by means of vestiges, connected12. the visual senses out of which the brain constructsto Vision: One of the faculties of the sensorum, an image. C. Site Requirements: require significant dimensional components. Locales such A site selected for Stage III would logically as bridges, monuments, airports, unusual natural formations, etc. are useful Stage III sites. D. The Six Primary Dimensionals: or more other things; a line connecting two points of 1. Diagonal: Something that extends between two intersection of two lines of a figure. horizon. 2. Horizontal: Parallel to the plane of the matter. 3. Mass: Extent of whatever forms a body--usually within things. "Empty distance." 4. Space: Distance interval or area between or horizon; highest point/lowest point (i.e., height or 5. Vertical: Perpendicular to the plane of the depth). 6. Volume: A quantity; bulk; mass; or amount. E. Aesthetic Impact: virtual avalanche of site information begins to impact on As the aperture widens rapidly from Stage II, a the viewer's unconscious. The cumulative effect of all this detail is to trigger a subjective response from the viewer. This opening of the aperture and subsequent subjective response is called Aesthetic Impact (AI) and is the viewer's subjective emotional response to the site. It is best described as "how the site makes the viewer feel." AI may immediately follow two Stage II dimensional responses, but it will certainly follow three or more. It may be experienced and expressed in a variety of ways. A simple exclamation of "Wow!" may be the AI response when one is suddenly impressed by the immensity of some natural formation, such as the Grand Canyon or Yosemite's Half Dome. On the other hand, such a site might just as easily spark a feeling of vertigo or fear of falling, or cause one to remark, ":This is really tall (or deep)!". A pulp mill might trigger an AI reaction of revulsion because of the nauseating smells. Or a comprehension of the grandeur or squalor of a site might cause one to have a sudden appreciate of beauty or ugliness. Other examples of AI might be claustrophobia, loneliness, fright, pleasantness, relaxation, enjoyment, etc. it may often be quite subtle and difficult to recognize. AI need not be pronounced to be present; in fact, It may sometimes be a sudden, mild cognitive recognition of the abrupt change in perspective, or a slight surprise or alteration of attitude about the site. Some viewers who in the past have had little experience with direct contact with their emotions may have difficulty recognizing that they experience AI, and may even be convinced it doesn't happen to them. Such individuals must exercise a great deal of caution not to sublimate or suppress AI recognition, and require additional exposure to AI to help them learn to recognize and declare it appropriately. the viewer to recognize AI. Body language, eye movement, The monitor also has a role to play in helping and specific speech patterns can all be cues to the experienced monitor that AI is present. The monitor must draw the viewer's attention to the existence of an undeclared AI when he observes the "symptoms" of an AI unrecognized by the viewer. and declare (objectify) AI, since how one deals with it It is extremely important to properly recognize can determine the entire course of the session from that point on. The viewer may not work through AI. Aesthetic Impact must be recognized, declared, and allowed to thoroughly dissipate. Should the viewer err and attempt to work through AI, all information from that point on will be colored by the subjective filter of the emotional experience encountered, and AOL Drive and AOL "Peacocking" (discussed under AOL, below) can be expected to arise. through Stage II, the viewer begins to debrief a cluster AI is dealt with in the following manner. Moving of two or more basic dimensionals. He suddenly realizes that the aperture is expanding, and that in conjunction he is having a subjective emotional reaction to the site--whether pronounced or mild. He then states aloud as he objectifies on his paper "AI Break." He then briefly says aloud and writes on the paper what the AI is. Declarations can be everything from a simple "Wow!" to "Disgusting!" to "I like this place" to "Vertigo" to "I feel sick" to "This is boring" to "I'm impressed by how tall this is" to "Absolutely massive!". The viewer by taking this "AI Break" effectively disengages himself temporarily from the signal line and allows the emotional response to dissipate. The time required for this can vary from a few brief seconds for a mild AI to hours for one that is especially emphatic. elicit essentially the same response in every individual It is important to note that, though many sites who remote views it, each person is different than every other and therefore under certain circumstances and with certain sites AI responses may differ significantly from viewer to viewer. One example of this that has frequently been related is a small sandy spit off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. One viewer, a highly gregarious woman who enjoys social interactions, when given the site responded that it made her feel bleak, lonesome, depressed, abandoned. On the other hand, a viewer who had spent a great deal of his time in nature and away from large numbers of other humans experienced the site as beautiful and refreshing. Since AI is subjective, such variations are not unexpected, and under the right circumstances [are] usually appropriate. F. Motion/Mobility: recognized as being available to the viewer during Stage Two variations of the concept of movement are III. The first is the idea of motion at the site: an object or objects at the site may be observed as they shift position or are displaced from one location to another. For example, there may be automobile traffic present, a train moving through the area, or whirling or reciprocating machinery, etc. ability possessed by the viewer in Stage III to shift his "Mobility," the second movement concept, is the viewpoint to some extent from point to point about the site, and from one perspective to another, i.e., further back, closer up, from above, or below, etc. This ability makes possible the projection of trackers and sketches as described below. An additional feature this introduces is the ability to shift focus of awareness from one site to another using a polar coordinate concept. This is more fully explained under Movement/Movement Exercises, which follows. G. Dimensional Expression on Paper: 1. Sketches: the aperturea. and after dissipation of AI, the viewer is Spontaneous sketches: With the expansion of prepared to make representations of the site dimensional aspects with pen on paper. A sketch is a rapidly executed general idea of the site. In some cases it may be high representational of the actual physical appearance of the site, yet in other cases only portions of the site appear. The observed accuracy or aesthetic qualities of a sketch are not particularly important. The main function of the sketch is to stimulate further intimate contact with the signal line while continuing to aid in the suppression of the viewer's subjective analytic mental functionings. Sketches are distinguished from drawings by the convention that drawings are more deliberate, detailed representations and are therefore subject to far greater analytic (and therefore AOL-producing) interpretation in their execution. produced using a very carefully controlled analytic b. Analytic Sketches: Analytic sketches are process usually employed only when a satisfactory spontaneous sketch as described above is not successfully obtained. An analytic sketch is obtained by first listing all dimensional responses obtained in the session, including those contained in the "A" components of the various Coordinate/I/A/B prompting sequences, in the order and frequency they manifest themselves on the session transcript. Each of these dimensional elements apparently manifests itself in order of its importance to the gestalt of which it is a part. So, for example, if in the first "A" component of the session one encounters "across, rising," thee two would head the list, and their approximate placement on the paper will be determined by the viewer before any other. A second list is then compiled, listing all secondary attributes of the site. Finally, a list may be made if desired of any significant "details" that do not fit into the previous two categories. viewer's apparatus is not shut off. He must continue to In analytic sketching the intuitive part of the attempt to "feel" the proper placement of the dimensional elements of the site. In fact, the purpose of this approach to sketching is to "re-ignite" the viewer's intuition. As each element on the primary list is taken in order, the viewer must "feel" the proper position for that element in relation to the others. If the dimensional element "round" is listed, it must be determined how a rounded element fits in with "across," "rising," "flat," "wide," "long," and any other dimensional elements that may have preceded it. When elements from the primary list are exhausted, the viewer may duplicate the process with those from the secondary list. If necessary and desirable, the viewer may proceed to the details list and assign them their appropriate locations. on occasion produce an effect known as a tracker. This is 2. Trackers: Stage III contact with the site may executed by a series of closely spaced dots or dashed lines made by pen on paper, and describes a contour, profile, or other dimensional aspect of the site. Trackers are formed in a relatively slow and methodical manner. The viewer holds pen in hand, lifting it off the paper between each mark made, thereby allowing the autonomic nervous system, through which the signal line is being channeled, to determine the placement of each successive mark. While constructing a tracker, it is possible for the viewer to spontaneously change from executive the tracker to executing a sketch, and back again. sketch/tracker process, an ideogram may spontaneously 3. Spontaneous Ideograms: At any point in the occur. This most probably relates to a sub-gestalt of the site, and should be treated like any other ideogram. It will produce "A" and "B" components, Stage IIs, and so forth. Because of the possibility for the occurrence of these spontaneous ideograms with their potential for conveying additional important site information, viewers are strongly counseled to always keep their pen on paper to the greatest extent practical. H. Movement/Movement Exercises: involves the ability of the viewer to shift his focus from An outgrowth of the viewer mobility concept one site to other sites using a polar coordinate concept. This is often termed a "movement" or "movement exercise," and is executed thusly. The viewer is given the coordinates for the base site, and the session proceeds as normal: I/A/B, Stage IIs, dimensionals, AI to Stage III sketches/trackers. When the monitor is confident that the viewer has successfully locked onto this primary site, he tells the viewer to "prepare for movement." The viewer accordingly places his pen on the left side of the paper, indicating he is ready for a new prompting coordinate as per convention. The monitor then tells the viewer to acquire the central site. The viewer responds with a very brief, few-word description of the base site, whereupon the monitor gives a prompting statement in lieu of the usual geographic coordinate. This statement includes a distance and direction from the base site, and is couched in words as neutral, passive and non-suggestive (therefore less AOL-inducing) as possible. site is aBy large grey structure, and the secondary site to way of example, let us assume that the base which the viewer's focus is to be moved is 8 1/2 miles northwest of the base site. The monitor will say "Acquire the site," to which the viewer responds approximately, "A large grey structure." The monitor then says "8 1/2 miles (to the) northwest something should be visible." Just as he would a geographic coordinate, the viewer objectifies this phrase by writing it down, places his pen on the paper to receive the ideogram, and progresses from there just as if he were processing any other new site. provided the prompting. He avoided such leading words as, Note, however, the very neutral way the monitor "What do you see 8 1/2 miles northwest?" or "You should be able to see (hear/feel/smell) something 8 1/2 miles northwest." Observe also that "motion words" ("move," "shift," "go," etc.) were also avoided. Words and phraseology of either type tends to cause the viewer to take an active role, directly attempting to perceive the site instead of letting the signal line bring the information to him. This sort of active involvement greatly encourages the development of AOL and other mental noise effects. stimulates the analytic component of the mind as little as Instead, the passive wording used by the monitor possible, allowing uncontaminated signal line data to be received. Examples of acceptable passively framed words relating to sensory involvement are: "should be visible," "hearable," "smellable," "feelable," "tasteable," etc. In earlier stages sensory-based wording would have been avoided as a catalyst to AOL. With the widened aperture in Stage III, however it may be used successfully. times, starting either from the original base site, or This movement technique may be used any number of from one of the other subsequent sites to which the viewer's perception has been "moved." I. Analytic Overlay (AOL) in Stage III: inherent in Stage III, and after appropriate AI, the AOL 1. AOL Matching: With the expansion in aperture phenomenon develops to where a viewer's AOL may match or nearly match the actual signal line impression of the site. For example, if the site were Westminster Abbey, the viewer might produce the AOL of Notre Dame cathedral. Or he might even actually get an image of Westminster Abbey that nevertheless fills all the criteria for an AOL. According to theory, the matching AOL is superimposed over the true signal line. It is however possible with practice to distinguish the vague parameters of the true signal line "behind" the bright, distinct, but somewhat translucent image of the AOL. The viewer must become proficient at "seeing through" the AOL to the signal line. Use of "seeing through" here must not be taken to imply any visual image in the accepted sense of the word, but rather as a metaphor best describing the perceptory effect that manifests itself. Drive becomes a serious concern beginning in Stage III. It 2. AOL Drive: Although mentioned before, AOL occurs when the viewer's system is caught up in an AOL to the extent that the viewer at least temporarily believes he is on the signal line, even though he is not. When two or more similar AOLs are observed in close proximity, AOL drive should be suspected. AOL drive is indicated by one or more of the following: repeating signals; signal line ending in blackness; peculiar (for that particular viewer) participation in the signal line; and/or peacocking. Causes for AOL drive include accepting a false "B" component in Stage I; or accepting a false sketch or undeclared AOL in Stage III. Undeclared AOLs can spawn AOL drive in all other stages beyond Stage III as well. Once it is realized that AOL drive is present, the viewer should take an "AOL/D Break" (as discussed under STRUCTURE), then review his data to determine at what point he accepted the AOL as legitimate data. After a sufficient break the viewer should resume the session with the data obtained before the AOL drive began. Listed below are two subspecies of AOL drive. over and over again as if trapped in a feedback loop. a. Ratcheting: The recurrence of the same AOL right after another, of a series of brilliant AOLs, each b. AOL "Peacocking": The rapid unfolding, one building from one before, analogous to the unfolding of a peacock's tail. J. Format: Following is a sample Stage III format: (FORMAT FOR STAGE III) Name Date Time (Personal Inclemencies/Visuals Declared) (STAGE I - Coordinate) (Ideogram) A Rising Angles Across Downs Solid B Structures (STAGE II - Sensory Data) S2 grey white rough gritty texture noisy mixture of sounds warm moist smell of fumes unclean smell hazy tall (beginning of dimensionals leading to AI and Stage III sketching/tracking) wide long huge AI BREAK Wow! I'm dizzy! (Stage III) (SKETCH OR TRACKER) AOL BREAK Empire State Building COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING STAGE IV A. Concept: the viewer has become subject to an enormous flood of With the successful accomplishment of Stage III, information available from the site. Previously, such a flow of data would have been overwhelming, and those circumstances in Stages I through III in which the viewer found himself so inundated would have required the taking of a "Too Much Break." At this point, however, it becomes both possible and necessary to 1) establish a systemic structure to provide for the orderly, consistent management of the volumes of information that may be obtained, and focusing of perceptions on ever finer and finer detail of 2) facilitate and guide the viewer's the site. This is accomplished through the use of an information matrix which is illustrated below. Stage IV is a refinement and expansion of the previous structure to facilitate more complete and detailed decoding of the signal line. B. Definitions: been defined previously. Those that have not are explained Most of the terms used in a Stage IV matrix have as follows: feelings of the people at the site or of the viewer. 1. Emotional Impact: The perceived emotions or Sometimes the site itself possesses an element of emotional impact, which is imprinted with long or powerful associations with human emotional response. site which have solid, "touchable" impact on the 2. Tangibles: Objects or characteristics at the perceptions of the viewer, i.e., tables, chairs, tanks, liquids, trees, buildings, intense smells, noises, colors, temperatures, machinery, etc. perhaps abstract or not specifically defined by tangible 3. Intangibles: Qualities of the site that are aspects of the site, such as purposes, non-physical qualities, categorizations, etc.; i.e., "governmental," "foreign," "medical," "church," "administrative," "business," "data-processing," "museum," "library," etc. previously considered term "AOL Matching," AOL/Signal 4. AOL/S: Virtually synonymous with the occurs when an AOL produced by the viewer's analytic mental machinery almost exactly matches the site, and the viewer can to some extent "look" through the AOL image to perceive the actual site. The advantage of AOL/S in Stage IV is that it allows the information to be used without calling a break. One can ask, "What is this trying to tell me about the site?" As an example, the viewer may perceive the Verazzano Narrows Bridge when in fact the site is actually the George Washington Bridge. broader meaning here than in Stage III. In Stage IV, more 5. Dimensionals: "Dimensionals" have an even detailed and complex dimensionals can be expected and are now considered to be in structure and therefore more reliable. "Spired," "twisted," "edged," "partitioned," etc. are only a few examples. C. Stage IV Matrix: management of this information, matrix column headings are To provide the necessary structure for coherent constructed across the top of the paper thusly: S-2 D AI EI T I AOL AOL/S These headings stand for the following: 1. S-2: Stage II information (sensory data). 2. D: Dimensionals. 3. AI: Aesthetic Impact. 4. EI: Emotional Impact. 5. T: Tangibles. 6. I: Intangibles. 7. AOL: Analytic Overlay. 8. AOL/S: AOL/Signal. D. Session Format and Mechanics: As the viewer produces Stage IV responses (generally single words that describe the concepts received via the signal line) they are entered in the matrix under their appropriate categories. The matrix is filled in left to right, going from the more sense-based Stage IIs and dimensional towards the ever more refined information to the right, and top to bottom, following the natural flow of the signal line. Stage IV information, similar to that of Stage II, comes to the viewer in clusters. Some particular aspect of the site will manifest itself, and the sub-elements pertaining to that aspect will occur relatively rapidly to the viewer in the general right-to-left and top-to-bottom pattern just described. Some degree of vertical spacing can be expected between such clusters, an indication that each of these clusters represents a specific portion of the site. to move slantwise down the page from the upper left to Entries in a properly filled-in matrix will tend lower right with some amount of moving back and forth from column to column. Stage IIs and dimensionals retain their importance in site definition, while AOLs and AIs, once they have been recognized and objectified as such, so not require a major interruption in the flow of the signal line as was the case in previous stages. In fact, AOLs now frequently become closely associated with the site and may lead directly to "AOL matching," or AOL/Signal, as it is categorized in the matrix and described above. EI tends to manifest itself comparatively more slowly than information in other categories. If people are present, for example, EI pertaining to them may be effectively retrieved by placing the pen in the EI column of the matrix. Several moments of subsequent waiting may then be required for the signal to build and deliver its available information. Tangibles will frequently produce immediate sketches or ideograms, which lead to yet more intimate contact with the signal line. information retrieval from the signal line can be Some degree of control over the order of exercised by the viewer, determined by which column he chooses to set his pen to paper. This acts as a prompting mechanism to induce the signal line to provide information pertinent to the column selected. For example, if more intangibles relating to the site are desired, the pen may be placed in the "I" column to induce the extraction of intangible information from the signal line. must be taken to accurately decode and record the data as The Stage IV process can be very rapid, and care it comes. However, if as sometimes happens the signal flow should slow, it is recommended that resting the pen on paper in the "EI" column may enhance retrieval of "EI" information, which in turn may potentially stimulate further signal line activity and acquisition. E. Format: Following is a sample Stage III format: (FORMAT FOR STAGE IV) Name Date Time (Personal Inclemencies/Visuals Declared) (STAGE I - Coordinate) (Ideogram) A Rising Angles Across Downs Solid B Structures (STAGE II - Sensory Data) S2 rough smooth gritty texture grey white red blue yellow orange clean taste mixture of smells warm bright noisy (STAGE II - Dimensionals) tall rounded wide long open AI BREAK Interesting. I like it here. (Stage III) (SKETCH OR TRACKER) [STAGE IV] S-2 D AI EI T I AOL AOL/S structures rough smooth manmade high tall wide AI BREAK This is neat! doors windows colorful parapets building [SKETCH] foreign feeling people somber serious devoted enthusiastic secular AOL BREAK A castle in a city church Notre Dame Cathedral NEXT PAGE COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING STAGE V A. Concept: thus far discussed in that it does not rely on a direct Stage V is unique among the remote viewing stages link to the signal line to obtain the information reported. Instead, data is derived through accessing the information already available below the liminal threshold in the brain and autonomic nervous system. This information is deposited in earlier stages when the signal line passes through the system and "imprints" data on the brain by causing cognitrons to form through the rearrangement of the brain's neuronal clusters into the appropriate patterns, roughly analogous to what occurs in a computer's memory storage when it receives a data dump. accessed by a certain prompting methodology. In normal Information "stored" in a cognitron can be brain functioning, cognitrons are induced to deliver up the information they store through some stimulus delivered by the brain, much in the same way as a capacitor in an electronic circuit can be triggered to release its stored electric charge. consists of sub-elements which together form the complete When properly prompted, the information released cognitron. For example, the concept "religious" may be represented by one complete cognitron (cluster of neurons); each neuron would store a sub-element of that cognitron. Hence, the cognitron for "religious" could have neurons storing data for the following elements: "quiet," "incense," "harmonious chanting," "bowed heads," "robes," "candles," "dimly lit," "reverence," "worship," "respect," etc. If attention is paid to what underlies the concept of "religious" as it is originally evoked in Stage IV, the sub-elements, which may themselves provide valuable information far beyond their collective meaning of "religious," may be broken out and assembled. These sub-elements as they are brought forth in Stage V are known as "emanations" ("emanate" literally defined means, "to issue from a source, to flow forth, to emit, or to issue"). B. Definitions: or touched. "Objects" can be understood as those physical 1. Objects: An object is a thing that can be seen items present at the site that helped cause the cognitron to form in the viewer's mind and hence prompt his response of "religious;" i.e., "robes," "candles," "incense," etc. or quality of a person or thing. "Attributes" applies to 2. Attributes: An attribute is a characteristic those characteristics of the site that contributed to cognitron formation and the aforementioned viewer response: "quiet," "dimly lit," "echoing," "large," etc. dealt with in a discussion, study, etc.," "Subjects" are 3. Subjects: "Subject" is defined as "something emanations that might serve a nominative function in describing the site, or be abstract intangibles, or they could be more specific terms dealing with function, purpose, nature, activities, inhabitants, etc., of the site: in the above example, "reverence," "w